With a federal election on the horizon, Alberta and Saskatchewan's premiers are again making noise about the country's contentious equalization program. The federal equalization program is funded ...

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University of Saskatchewan provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Saskatchewan provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Canada’s equalization ...

The relative economic strength of Canada’s provinces has shifted in recent years, as former powerhouses have struggled while former laggards have improved. Canada’s equalization program, in present ...

Eric M. Adams teaches and researches Canadian constitutional law at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law. In the 1980s and 1990s, disagreements about the Constitution embroiled Canada in ...

Albertans facing a referendum question on equalization appear to be leaning toward supporting removing it from the Constitution, but don’t seem to know exactly what it is. A research brief from Common ...

Many people complain about equalization payments, but it takes a true policy wonk to fully explain how they work. The equalization moniker might imply fairness, but some, particularly in Alberta, ...

1:36 ‘This is bad faith’ says Kenney of Liberal equalization formula extension Equalization payments have long been a contentious issue between the Canadian government and provinces. The payments are ...

The official results show that 61.7 per cent of Albertans voted in favour of removing equalization from the constitution You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have ...